Package-carrier and closure for bags and the like.



PATENTBD JULY 3, 1906. I. A. GAMMETT & H. W. FELLOWS. PACKAGE CARRIER AND CLOSURE FOR BAGS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26.1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA A. OAMMETTI. ANl) HUGH FELLOWS, OF LOS ANU ELES, CALIFORNIA.

PACKAGE-CARRIER AND CLOSURE FOR BAGS ANDTHE LIKE.

Speeifieation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Applieation filed June 26, 1905. Serial No. 266.982.

To (all m/mn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, IRA A. CAMMETT and llvcn W. FELLOWS, citizens of the United States, residing at .Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angcles and State of California, have I invented a new and useful Package-Carrier and Closure for Bags and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of the present invention is to provide convenient means for carrying packages, the invention comprising a handle device that can be readily applied to a bag,-

bundle, or package.

A further object of the invention is to provide a handle device of this character which can be used as a closure for a bag as well as a carrier therefor, the application of the device to the bag serving to hold the latter closed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the handle device. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same applied to a bag and serving as a closure and carrier therefor. Fig. 3 isa transverse section through the handle device in position to act as a closure and carrier for a bag. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the application of the handle device as a carrier for a package, the device being applied to the fasteningstring of the package.

1 designates a handle member, preferably a cylindrical pin or bar, and 2 3 two relatively movable bail members attached to'the member 1 to pivot or rotate thereon, each of the members 2 3 having at each end thereof an eye or ring 1 to fit on a round neck, groove, or bearing near the respective ends of the handle member 1, the two rings or eyes 4 of the respective members 2 3 being journaled coaxially and side by side on the necks near each end of the handle member. Member 1 is formed with an enlargement 6 on each end beyond the annular groove or neck 5.

Members 2 3 are each preferably formed'of wire bent to form a rectan'gularbail and hav ing their end portions extending transversely to the central part of the bail and to the handle member 1, forming arms 12 13, which are bent at each end to form the eyes 4. The portions 7 and 8 of the two bail members which extend parallel to one another and to the handle member 1 are arranged at slightly different radial distances from said handle member, and the part 8, which is at the I greater distance, is somewhat oflset, so as to enable it to snap under or outside of the part 7, as shown in Fig. 3, this ofl'set being obtained by bending the arms 13 at the ends of said part 8, as indicated at 9, to form recessed or concave seats to receive the part 7, which is sufficiently longer than the part 8 to extend over said seats. In using the device for closing and carrying the bag the mouth or top of the bag (indicated at 10) is inserted through the loop of bail member 2 and then turned down between the parts 7 and 8 of the respective bail members, and the bail member 3 is then pressed in against the bag, so that the part 8 thereof will snap under part 7 and under the bent-over part of the bag, thereby pinching said bent-over part tightly against and between said members. The fold or crimp thus obtained at the top of the bag serves to close the bag and also-gives a firm attachment of the bag tothe holder or carrier, enabling the bag to be carried by grasping the handle member 1, as shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4.- illustrates the application of the carrier or handle to the wrapped parcel, (indicated at 1 1,) which is bound or tied with a string or cord 12. In this case part 8 of the member 3 of the handle device is slipped under the cord or string, the latter engaged in the bends or loops at the ends of said part 8, and the part 7 is then pressed in over the part 8, so as to retain the string therein. In each of the above applications of the invention engagement between the parts 7 and 8 when closed is sufficiently tight to prevent accidental disengagement, the bends 9 forming seats or recesses in which the part 7 snaps and engages, as shown in Fig. 3. The resilience of the members 2 and 3 serves to hold the parts in such engagement.

What we claim is prising a handle member, formed with a bear: ing near each end, and'two bail members, each havingan arm at each end extending transversely to the central portion of the bail, the said arms at each end of the two bails being journaled coaxially and side by side, on the bearings-of the handle member.

2. A device for carrying packages, comprising a handle member formed with a bearing near each end and two bail members having arms at the ends journaled side by side 1. A device for carrying packages, comon the bearing at the corresponding end of I the handle member, the arms of one of said members being bent to engage and-hold the other bail member.

3. A device for carryingpackages, com

bent to form eyes journaled side by side on the necks of the handle member.

4. A: device for carrying packages, comprising a handle member having a neck near each end forming a bearing, and two bail members each formed of wire having its end portions bent to form arms extending transversely to the central portion of the bail and to the handle member, said arms being bent to form eyes journaled side by side on the necks of the handle member, and the arms of one of said members being bent to form seats to receive and engage the other bail member to hold said bail members together.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands, at Los Angeles, California, this 14th day of June, 1905.

IRA A. CAMMETT. HUGH W. FELLOWS.

In presence of ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, FRANK L. A. GRAHAM. 

